A patient's blood glucose log shows several episodes of hyperglycemia upon rising in the morning. The nurse explains that this is:

a. due to taking too much insulin.
b. caused by eating too much protein.
c. called the dawn phenomenon.
d. normal and needs no treatment.


c

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